ECHL Today – Mar. 7

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Johnstown Chiefs (25-24-6) at Trenton Titans (27-24-5) 7:00 p.m. ET• Trenton ranks eighth in the ECHL on the power play at home with 18.2 percent (35-for-192). • Johnstown is seventh in the ECHL on the power play on the road with 18.0 percent (27-for-150). • Titans’ Gregg Naumenko is 4-1-1 with a 2.14 goals-against average in six games against Johnstown. • Maxime Boisclair leads Chiefs with four goals, seven assists and 11 points in seven games against Trenton.

Wheeling Nailers (21-27-6) at Toledo Storm (29-24-1) 7:05 p.m. ET• Toledo is fourth on the penalty kill with 85.9 percent (318-for-370). • Wheeling ranks ninth in the ECHL on the power play on the road with 17.4 percent (25-for-144). • Matt Zultek leads Storm with three goals and seven points in five games against Wheeling. • Nailers’ Andy Franck is 2-1-1 with a goals-against average of 2.23 in four games against Toledo.

Bakersfield Condors (33-13-10) at Utah Grizzlies (21-31-5) 7:05 p.m. MT• Bakersfield ranks third in the ECHL with 3.84 goals per game. • Utah is 11-6-5 in one-goal games, including 1-2 in overtime games and 3-3 in shootouts. • Kevin St. Jacques leads Condors against Utah with 10 assists and 11 points in four games. • Grizzlies’ Joel Irving has 21 points (8g-13a) since coming to Utah from Bakersfield on January 3.

Victoria Salmon Kings (26-31-1) at Stockton Thunder (24-21-10) 7:00 p.m. PT• Stockton ranks third in the ECHL with 35.16 shots per game. • Victoria is 16-1-1 when leading after the second period. • Thunder’s Stephane Goulet (2g-2a) and Nathan Martz (1g-3a) each have four points against Victoria. • Salmon Kings’ Julien Ellis is 4-1-0 with a 2.94 goals-against average in five games against Stockton.

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Premier ‘AA’ Hockey League Fast Facts* Affiliations with 25 of the 30 teams in the National Hockey League marking 10th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations with at least 20 teams in the NHL. * 325 former ECHL players have played in NHL. * 180 have played their first NHL game in the last five seasons. * 101 former ECHL players have played in the NHL this season and all 30 teams have had a former ECHL player play for them. * More than 100 players under contract to NHL teams have played in the ECHL this season. * 22 ECHL players who have played their first NHL game this season: former Greenville and Richmond right wing Krys Barch (Dallas on Jan. 15), former Mississippi defenseman Sheldon Brookbank (Nashville on Feb. 6), former Reading goaltender Barry Brust (Los Angeles on Nov. 30), former Wheeling left wing Daniel Carcillo (Phoenix on Mar. 3), former Toledo center Matt Ellis (Detroit on Dec. 18), former Wheeling defenseman Drew Fata (New York Islanders on Feb. 4), former Reading defenseman Jeff Finger (Colorado on Feb. 20), former Bakersfield and Reading goaltender Yutaka Fukufuji (Los Angeles on Jan. 13), former Charlotte defenseman Daniel Girardi (New York Rangers on Jan. 27), former Long Beach goaltender Jaroslav Halak (Montreal on Feb. 18), former Trenton goaltender Martin Houle (Philadelphia on Dec. 13), former Alaska left wing D.J. King (St. Louis on Oct. 5), former Florida center Drew Larman (Florida on Nov. 13), former Florida defenseman Martin Lojek (Florida on Feb. 3), former Toledo goaltender Joey MacDonald (Detroit on Oct. 19), former Pensacola center Kris Newbury (Toronto on Dec. 23), former South Carolina and Reading center Rich Peverley (Nashville on Mar. 4), former Augusta right wing Pierre Parenteau (Chicago on Feb. 7), former Columbia right wing Jesse Schultz (Vancouver on Nov. 28), former ECHL All-Star goaltender Mike Smith (Dallas on Oct. 21), former Reading left wing Shay Stephenson (Los Angeles on Mar. 1) and former Augusta goaltender Mike Wall (Anaheim on Nov. 26). * Record 47 former ECHL players played their first NHL game in 2005-06. * ECHL has been represented on last six Stanley Cup champions. * Two NHL head coaches (Peter Laviolette & Jim Playfair) and 9 assistant coaches have ECHL experience. * Affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League. * ECHL has been represented on last 17 Calder Cup champions. * ECHL has affiliations with 24 of the 27 teams in the American Hockey League and for the past 17 years there has been an ECHL player on the Calder Cup Champion. * 86 players under contract to AHL teams have played in the ECHL this season. * For each of the past four seasons, the ECHL has had more players called up to the AHL than all other professional leagues combined with 1,646 call ups involving almost 1,000 players, including 2005-06 when there were 416 call ups involving 263 players. * 2008 ECHL All-Star Game and Skills Competition will be hosted by Stockton Thunder, City of Stockton and Stockton Arena on Jan. 22-23, 2008. * ECHL and its member teams contributed more than $2.3 million for charity and relief funds in 2005-06. * Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.